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Chaplain 4Th Class The Rev. MATTHEW FORSTER BURDESS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Chaplains' Department

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY

D. 50.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Rachel Ann Burdess. Rector of St. Thomas', Port Clarence, Middlesbrough. Born at Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription THEY DIE NOT WHO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE THEY LEAVE BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 318
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